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Hurricane STAN (Text)

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HURRICANE STAN ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT TUE OCT 04 2005
 
...STAN MAKES LANDFALL SOUTHEAST OF VERACRUZ NEAR PUNTA ROCA
PARTIDA...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO
FROM PALMA SOLA TO CHILITEPEC. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM NORTH OF PALMA SOLA TO CABO ROJO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE STAN WAS LOCATED JUST
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 95.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES... 135 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.  
 
STAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STAN IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. STAN IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE
INLAND DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  15 MILES... 30 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE LANDFALL LOCATION.

STAN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.  RAINFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES...IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN THE STATES OF VERACRUZ AND PUEBLA.  THESE
RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...18.6 N... 95.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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